Readers asked to name coolest thing made in the Fox Cities.

A statewide chamber of commerce contest for the “Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin” has not been kind to the Fox Cities.

The online contest asked people to name great products manufactured in the state.

It narrowed choices from 156 things down to three finalists: brats from Johnsonville Sausage in Sheboygan Falls, motorcycles from Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee and littoral combat ships from Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette. If you’d like to vote for one of those three, go to www.madeinwis.com before Oct. 15.

My question to readers: Let’s have our own separate contest to name the most impressive things made right here in the Fox Cities. What are the coolest things made in our own backyard?

Maybe you work in a local factory that makes something wonderful or innovative. Let everyone know just how great it is.

Fox Cities locals that were considered, but didn’t make the final statewide finalists, included Pierce firetrucks, Seagrave firetrucks, Ariens snowblowers and Luvata’s photovoltaic ribbons and battery nails.